Membership. 



) I (HE Roll contains the nan-es ci 1200 Members, comprising 



1 Landowners. Factors, Foresters, Nurserj-men, Gardeners, 



Land Stewards, Wood Merchants, and others interested in 



Forestry, many of whom reside in England, Ireland, the British 



Colonies, and India. 



Members are elected by the Comicil. The Terms of Subscription 

 will be found on the back of the Form of Proposal for Membership 

 which accompanies this Memorandum. 



The Principal Objects of the Society, 



and the nature of its work, will be gathered from the following 

 paragraphs : — 



>\eetings. 



The Society '. al Meetings for the transaction of 



business, the --- _ -. cussion of Papers, the exhibition of 



new Inventi - of Forest Products and other articles 



of special ii..-.c>. vj int Members, and for the advancement 

 of Forestry in all its branches. Meetings of the Council are 

 held every alternate month, and at other times when business 

 requires attention ; and Committees of the Council meet frequently 

 to arrange and carry out the work of the Society. 



Prizes and Medals. 



With the view of encouraging young Foresters to study, and to 

 train themselves in habits of careful and accurate obsen'ation, the 

 Societ)' offers Aimual Prizes and Medals for essays on practical 

 subjects, and for inventions connected with appliances used in 

 Forestrji. Such awards have been granted continuously since 

 1855 up to the present time, and have yielded satisfactory 

 results. Medals and Prizes are also awarded in connection with 

 the Exhibitions afterment:oned. 



School of Forestry. 



Bemg convinced of the necessity for bringing within the reach 

 of young Foresters, and others interested in the Profession, a 

 regular systematic course of Instruction, such as is provided in 

 Germany, France, and other Europ)ean countries, the Societ)', in 

 1882, strongly urged the creation of a British School of Forestry; 

 and with a \-iew of stimulating public interest in the matter, a 

 Forestry Exhibition, chiefly organised by the Council, was held in 

 Edinburgh in 1884. 



As a further step towards the end in view, the Society, in 

 1890, instituted a Fund for the purpose of establishing a Chair 

 of Forestry at the University of Edinburgh, and a sum of 

 ^584, 3s. lod. has since been raised by the Society and handed 

 over to the University. Aided by an annual subsidy from the 

 Board of .Agriculture, which the Society was mainly instrumental 

 in obtaining, a Course of Lectures at the University has been 



